How to embed videos from Vimeo on your site
Vimeo.com has 3 standard ways to display videos directly on your website or blog. In this article, I explain how to use the standard method, Embedding. In the coming article I show the other methods. But let me first sum up the all the options so that you know what to expect.
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HD art video on YouTube
I uploaded a heavy art video on YouTube today and the result was really stunning in HD mode ! I was even surprised about the playback rate. Ok, it stutters a little bit here and there, but on the whole, HD on YouTube is becoming a good experience. No wonder Cnet was so excited about [...]
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YouTube goes GoogleAdsense: Promoted videos
YouTube offers Promoted videos since about half a year ago and it works more or less like GoogleAdsense. The idea is to promote your own video and put it in front of other videos by paying for certain keywords per click. In other words, promoted videos show up in search results before all other videos, [...]
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FLV player for Mac OSX 10.x
After testing several free FLV players for Mac, I bumped into Wimpy FLV player, which worked without any problems. I tried several others and every time there was one or other issue that made me throw them out, but this one is going to stay because it does a good job. You need [...]
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AVS Video converter - review
AVS Video Converter is a windows application to convert videos in all popular formats, including FLV (Flash Video), which interests me the most in the context of using video on the web. FLV is the current standard format on websites and video channels, due to its small size and quality. Anyway, I have to say, [...]
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Back up online recorded podcasts and video
Many audio- and video services offer to record podcasts or video online. The videos or audios are then saved on their server and conveniently, you get an url that you can link to in your web site. Easy and no worries, yet, there is one thing that most subscribers forget, and that is to download [...]
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VidLogo contest changed
Since so far nobody reacted to the contest on the Vidlogo watermark contest, we changed the rules. Apparently, nobody was interested or we demanded too much. Anyway, we drop the idea that you have to submit a video. Instead, we ask you to test the watermarking application and give a comment about the application on: [...]
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Vocal booth for podcasting
A vocal booth helps improve acoustics for a microphone and it can be a complete cabin or a portable booth. A complete cabin is relatively expensive but offers generally a better result then the portable version, although it depends on the situation. Some studios use a cabin and place a portable booth inside, but that [...]
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The Video Watermark Contest!
To celebrate Spring after a loooong winter, we organize The video Watermark Contest which will run until the 1st of May 2009! The winner of this contest will receive a full license of VidLogo, an excellent utility for Windows to burn mark existing- and new videos fast and easy.
Read our review on Vidlogo to [...]
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Broadcast quality audio for video interviews
Regarding audio and video, there is huge difference between broadcasting quality and podcasting or play back from computer. Although computer sound cards are getting better, it lacks way behind in comparison with professional audio equipment. This article shows a couple of pitfalls you have to avoid if there is a chance that you interview is [...]
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How to keep a mic close by without revealing it in video footage?
To keep the microphone out of view while holding close to the interviewee you have 3 options: either use a mic stand, a boom pole or, under certain conditions, attach the mic to the camcorder. If you are on your own, using a boom pole can be impractical, because you have to monitor your camcorder [...]
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VidLogo review: application to burn mark logos on videos
One of our readers suggested VidLogo as a simple solution to add a logo or watermark on videos, so I ran a test on this application, created by GeoVid, to see how useful it could be. And the verdict is, that if you are a Windows user, this is a easy to use application for [...]
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Action! How techniques from the film industry can be useful for video
Shooting a video in one go is fine for straightforward interviews or short presentations but when it comes to complicated subjects, we often have to cut a video into pieces. When finished, we assemble everything in post production and glue the parts together. Sometimes, it can be difficult to recognize from the thumbnails in [...]
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Under the influence
There is actually a future in compiling videos into a channel because who has the time to spend so much time finding gems on video channels? Well, Casey Pugh on Vimeo obviously does and his collection is just top class.
It is primarily experimental- and art video and that is what I like about it. Have [...]
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